Fayette Packing Company, Inc.

Fayette Packing Company, Inc., doing business as Keith's Farm, operates at 16620 Highway 196 in Eads, Tennessee, in Fayette County. The plant holds federal establishment numbers M6555 and P34794 and is listed with FSIS for meat slaughter, meat processing, and poultry processing. FSIS classes the establishment as small, with a grant of inspection date on file of July 23, 2021. Species slaughtered under inspection are reported as cattle, hogs, and sheep and lamb. The plant is in FSIS slaughter volume category 1.0, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and the packages are marked Not for Sale, along with retail-exempt sales and halal slaughter.

The company website, fayettepackingco.com, describes a processing operation and a retail store, and sells packaged meats and seasonings online. The processing page states that an appointment is required for animals to be received, that the plant no longer accepts pork over 600 pounds per USDA, and that all animals received are inspected by USDA and can be condemned at USDA discretion. Listed hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Contact numbers on the site are phone (901) 867-3826 and fax (901) 867-3829, with email addresses lk.fayettepacking@yahoo.com and Fayettepackingco@bellsouth.net.

The retail page describes a country store with steaks cut to order, ground beef ground in house daily, a fresh breakfast sausage made from a family recipe described as passed down through each generation, and deli items including Starling all-meat bologna, gooseliver, and livercheese. Search snippets attributed to the business refer to a start in the early fifties and to more than 60 years serving the Mid-South. Details beyond what is stated above, including pricing for custom processing, are not on file.

The plant reports cattle, hog, and sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection to FSIS, plus custom-exempt slaughter for animals owned by the customer, with those packages marked Not for Sale. Halal slaughter is also reported to FSIS. FSIS places the plant in its lowest slaughter volume category, under 1,000 head per year. The website states that an appointment is required before animals are received, that pork over 600 pounds is no longer accepted per USDA, and that all animals received are inspected by USDA and may be condemned at USDA discretion. Booking lead times, kill day schedules, hanging weight or per head fees, and cut and wrap terms are not stated in the sources on file. Scheduling should be arranged by phone at (901) 867-3826 or by email.

Fayette Packing Company, Inc. reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The website describes a retail store where customers can buy fresh cut steaks to order, ground beef ground in house daily, fresh breakfast sausage, and deli items such as all-meat bologna, gooseliver, and livercheese. An online shop lists packaged items shipped frozen, including a six pack of 8 oz hand cut beef filets at $199.95 with free shipping and a 5 pound box of beef oxtails at $69.95, along with BBQ seasoning sets at $14.98 and $27.98. Several of these items showed as sold out at the time the site text was captured. Halves, quarters, and bundle boxes are not mentioned in the sources.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.